ISSUES AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS  INTEREST GROUP RATINGS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS THE XXXX RECORD FARM BILL 2008: XXXX Voted To Override Bush Vet Of the Farm Bill Reauthorization. In June 2008, XXXX voted to override President Bush’s veto of the five-year authorization of agriculture programs. In addition to reauthorizing crop subsidies, the new farm law tightens income eligibility limits for payments, boosts funding for food stamps, expands conservation programs and offers new incentives for alternative energy. Another section restored in the legislation authorized trade and international food assistance programs. The override attempt passed 80-14. [CQ Today, 6/18/08; Vote 151, 6/18/08]  XXXX Voted For the Farm Bill Reauthorization. In June 2008, XXXX voted for a new version of the $289 billion farm bill that included a trade-related title accidentally left out of the version that Congress sent to President Bush the previous month. The legislation is identical to the conference report on the farm bill that lawmakers approved in May. However, the trade title was inadvertently dropped from the version that Bush vetoed. The bill passed 77-15, with a threat of another veto by the President. [CQ Today, 6/05/08; Vote 144, 6/05/08]  XXXX Voted For the Farm Bill Reauthorization. In May 2008, XXXX voted in favor of overriding President Bush’s veto of the five-year farm bill. However, an error by a House enrollment clerk, who dropped one of the original bill’s 15 titles before sending it to the White House, would require the Senate to vote again on the bill. The veto override passed 82-13. [CQ Today, 5/22/06; Vote 140, 5/22/08]  XXXX Supported the Farm Bill Reauthorization Conference Report. In May 2008, XXXX voted for the $289 billion farm bill conference report that would reauthorize crop subsidies, land conservation programs, food stamps and other agriculture entitlement programs. The measure appeals to both rural and urban members, largely because of the $10.3 billion in new funding in the bill. That sum includes about 6